Gates Rubber Co. v. Kold-Hold Manufacturing Co.

This is an action in assumpsit to recover the cost of repairs to a refrigeration machine and for damages for the purchase of dry ice by plaintiff while the machine was not in working order.

The cause was submitted on plaintiff’s depositions and the essential facts are as follows:

Plaintiff is a Colorado corporation with offices and a laboratory in Denver, Colorado. Defendant is a Michigan corporation with offices in Lansing, Michigan. In October, 1942, plaintiff began negotiating with defendant company for a refrigeration machine similar to those manufactured by defendant. As a result of these…